The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-06-18
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Interesting Items PICKED Up and Assortedby
the Stroller


Interesting Items PICKED Up and Assortedby
the Stroller.
The Y. A. c. B. serenaded our ciu
sens Monday evening.
"A beautiful new sign has been erected
in front Of Biery's drug store.
DIR. j. g. Zern and family, Of White
strest, spent Sunday vt Lancaster.
The street commissioner has been get
ting in his work on our thoroughfares dur
ing the past week.
"A. a. Beltz is greatly improving the
appearance of his property on White street
by making number Of important improve
ments.
--Messrs. Myron Anthony epd Granville
Hahn, accompanied by their families, of
walnutpors, visited J, D. BerHinger AMI
wife, on White stseet, Sunday.
-Rey. G. II. Eese, OF town, delivered
TIVE Interesting aRd instructive disCourses
to the meHfbers Of Salem's Evangelical
church at White Haven last Sunday morn
ing and evening.
In game of base ball at Msuch Chunk
last Saturday between the Actives of that
place and the weissport club, the former
club carried off the honors by score Of
thirteen to thirty-thrse. The game abound
ed with errors frou AeginIng to end.
Owen Grsver, son of Andrew Graver,
Sr., deceased, M ole resident of this place
died Saturday night after long and pain
| full illness. He was inferred in the Weiss
port cemetery Wednesday-Rey. !. E.
Freeman officiating, Deceased leaves a
/ wife and six children to mourn she loss OF
kind husband and an affectionate fsther.
The Young America Cornet Band fes-
tival held during last week was grand f.
rancial success The following prizes were
awarded to contestants having collected the
largest amounts: bed room suite, Mrs. Jos.
RuCh, &s44s; Minnie GraEer, $685. suit OF
clothes, Warren Straussberger, S31. 10;
1 Oliver Fullweiler, s7.22; Mrs. Jacob
Straussberger secured the beautiful silver
castor, hsSiag come neares. 10 guessing the
weight of the sat snan.''
SOUTHWARK BouSD.
HAMPTON, Y A., Jane 7S, 1887.
WEIssPeRT STRGLLERs7-Leaving Le-
highton on tho early morning train little
more than two weeks ago, arrived at L.
P. Junction in due time; owing to the in,
clemency of the weather i concluded t.
take the train for Lebanon, Pa, from
1 wjtich place l wheeled" 1t to Han4urg-
passing tArough the beautiful and pictur
esque Lebanon Valley. This is undoubt.
ledly the most beautiful section in Esa:eri
Pennsylvania. From here we wheeled
ii to Harrisburg, where we arrived at abou
2::26 p, m. After taking Aspin" around
the city, ,eAserging all the points of interes
we located at a arst7elass hotel for tn,
night. Our next steRping place was Car
fisle, NAeEs sn Indian guide kildly con
Quoted us through the eight or ten depart
ments of the celebrated Indian school. Tn,
Indian students show an astonishing apli
tude In oonEperipg the eemmop branche
of study. There is much here to anus,
and greatly interest one, and could hav
spent hours here in gratifying my curiosi
wy oub ~ w 90 ilSSSoosttG kiIttI VIC huUfC vi
to Hagerstown, Nd. ard thence on through
the famous Shenandoah Valley, over tn
battle field .oi Antietam, .and ON to Shep
erdstewn, w. Va, where we took the Pc
tomsc canal towpath onward bound TO
IIsrper's Ferry- Here we visited points %
: interest. &ncipding the Fort John Brown
From here we took the train to Washing
ton, d. c., where we visited all the yariou
places of Importance. Taking the steame
, we went to Mt. Vernon and looked upo
the tomb of the Father. of our country
I Geo. Washington. We also viewed the oil
home of Gen. r. L. Lee, at Arlingto
Heights. We left Washington Sstprda
v evening for;Ft. Monroe, from whence W
S ''wheslsa" il t0 this place. To-day W
n will mount eur wheels a4a coptinue ou
:. journey Ion to Richmond"
Your friend,
+ H. c. TRAPP.